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accessory
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adj 1: aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with
being accessory to the crime" [syn: accessary,
accessory]
2: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant
discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are
auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct,
ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
n 1: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main
clothing [syn: accessory, accoutrement, accouterment]
2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn:
accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on]
3: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn:
accessory, accessary]
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adversary
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n 1: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary,
antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant:
agonist]
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advisory
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adj 1: giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function
was purely consultative" [syn: advisory,
consultative, consultatory, consultive]
n 1: an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of
some threat; "a frost advisory"
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ancillary
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adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an
adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and
emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory,
adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant,
auxiliary]
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anniversary
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n 1: the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
(or the celebration of it) [syn: anniversary, day of
remembrance]
-
antiquary
0
n 1: an expert or collector of antiquities [syn: antiquary,
antiquarian, archaist]
-
arbitrary
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adj 1: based on or subject to individual discretion or
preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary
decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an
arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an
arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into
halves" [ant: nonarbitrary, unarbitrary]
-
archery
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n 1: the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
-
armillary
0
adj 1: of or relating to bracelets
-
artillery
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n 1: large but transportable armament [syn: artillery, heavy
weapon, gun, ordnance]
2: an army unit that uses big guns [syn: artillery, artillery
unit]
3: a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his
conversational weapons" [syn: weapon, artillery]
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augury
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n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]
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bacillary
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adj 1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn:
bacillar, bacillary]
2: formed like a bacillus [syn: bacillar, bacillary,
bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped]
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beneficiary
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adj 1: having or arising from a benefice; "a beneficiary baron"
n 1: the recipient of funds or other benefits [syn:
beneficiary, donee]
2: the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from
the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn:
benefactive role, beneficiary]
-
bestiary
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n 1: a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and
amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
-
burglary
0
n 1: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a
felony or to steal valuable property
-
bursary
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n 1: the treasury of a public institution or religious order
-
butchery
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n 1: a building where animals are butchered [syn: abattoir,
butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse]
2: the business of a butcher [syn: butchery, butchering]
3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn:
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage,
butchery]
-
cajolery
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n 1: flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment,
cajolery, palaver]
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calorie
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n 1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to
raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one
degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to
characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn:
Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large
calorie, nutritionist's calorie]
2: unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree
centigrade at atmospheric pressure [syn: calorie, gram
calorie, small calorie]
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capillary
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adj 1: of or relating to hair
2: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a
capillary tube" [syn: capillary, hairlike]
n 1: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by
capillary action [syn: capillary, capillary tube,
capillary tubing]
2: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with
venules [syn: capillary, capillary vessel]
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capitulary
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adj 1: of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular
estates" [syn: capitular, capitulary]
-
caravanserai
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n 1: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard
that provides accommodation for caravans [syn:
caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
-
cassowary
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n 1: large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea
having a horny head crest
-
causerie
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n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-
wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
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celery
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n 1: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are
eaten raw or cooked [syn: celery, cultivated celery,
Apium graveolens dulce]
2: stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
-
chancellery
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n 1: a government building housing the office of a chancellor
-
chancery
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n 1: a court with jurisdiction in equity [syn: chancery,
court of chancery]
2: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a
court of public records
-
chandlery
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n 1: candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
2: a storeroom where candles are kept
-
colliery
0
n 1: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the
buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: colliery,
pit]
-
commissary
0
n 1: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually
to military personnel)
2: a snack bar in a film studio
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compulsory
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adj 1: required by rule; "in most schools physical education is
compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required
reading" [syn: compulsory, mandatory, required]
-
constabulary
0
n 1: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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contrary
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adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts
contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a
contrary conclusion"
2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
wind" [syn: adverse, contrary]
n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not
guilty"
3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries
if both cannot be true but both can be false
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corollary
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n 1: a practical consequence that follows naturally; "blind
jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"
2: (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of
another proposition
-
cryosurgery
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n 1: the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to
destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin
cancers)
-
cursory
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adj 1: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the
house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance";
"perfunctory courtesy" [syn: casual, cursory,
passing(a), perfunctory]
-
cutlery
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n 1: a cutting implement; a tool for cutting [syn: cutter,
cutlery, cutting tool]
2: tableware implements for cutting and eating food [syn:
cutlery, eating utensil]
-
debauchery
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n 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery,
saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken
revelry]
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delusory
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adj 1: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to
believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory
pleasure" [syn: deceptive, delusory]
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derisory
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adj 1: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that
the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask
a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is
ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous
attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her
conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather
dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed,
derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous,
nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
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dispensary
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n 1: clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
-
distillery
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n 1: a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by
distillation [syn: distillery, still]
-
domiciliary
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adj 1: of or relating to or provided in a domicile; "domiciliary
medical care"; "domiciliary caves"
-
drollery
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n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery,
clowning, comedy, funniness]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery]
-
drudgery
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n 1: hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding,
grind, donkeywork]
-
emissary
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n 1: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of
someone else [syn: emissary, envoy]
-
epistolary
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adj 1: written in the form of or carried on by letters or
correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love
affairs"; "the epistolatory novel" [syn: epistolary,
epistolatory]
-
equerry
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n 1: an official charged with the care of the horses of princes
or nobles
2: a personal attendant of the British royal family
-
estuary
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n 1: the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and
salt water mix
-
evidentiary
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adj 1: pertaining to or constituting evidence; "evidentiary
technique"; "an evidentiary fact"
2: serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a
forced entry"; "its evidentiary value" [syn: evidential,
evidentiary]
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exemplary
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adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model
citizens" [syn: exemplary, model(a)]
2: being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free
discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action
exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: emblematic, exemplary,
typic]
3: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary,
exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
-
extrasensory
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adj 1: seemingly outside normal sensory channels [syn:
extrasensory, paranormal] [ant: sensorial,
sensory]
-
feathery
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adj 1: resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery
palm trees" [syn: featherlike, feathery]
2: characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery
congregation of jays"
3: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: feathery,
feathered, plumy]
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fiduciary
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adj 1: relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the
holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary
contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
[syn: fiduciary, fiducial]
n 1: a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it
is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for
personal gain"
-
fishery
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n 1: a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
[syn: fishery, piscary]
-
foolery
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n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery,
tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]
-
forgery
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n 1: a copy that is represented as the original [syn:
counterfeit, forgery]
2: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
with intent to defraud
-
formulary
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adj 1: of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
n 1: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of
pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of
preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part
of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after
acute infections" [syn: formulary, pharmacopeia]
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fritillary
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n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having
nodding variously colored flowers [syn: fritillary,
checkered lily]
2: butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
-
funerary
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adj 1: of or for or relating to a funeral; "funerary urn"
-
gallery
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n 1: spectators at a golf or tennis match
2: a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly
enclosed) [syn: veranda, verandah, gallery]
3: a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
[syn: gallery, art gallery, picture gallery]
4: a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose;
"shooting gallery"
5: a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall
of a building and supported with arches or columns)
6: narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the
interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
7: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift,
heading, gallery]
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gaucherie
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n 1: the quality of being rustic or gauche [syn: rusticity,
gaucherie] [ant: urbanity]
2: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe,
solecism, slip, gaucherie]
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gingery
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adj 1: having a taste like that of ginger
2: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown
color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a
ginger kitten" [syn: ginger, gingery]
-
glossary
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n 1: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized
field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a
text on that field [syn: glossary, gloss]
-
greengrocery
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n 1: groceries sold by a greengrocer
2: a greengrocer's grocery store
-
grocery
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n 1: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store
included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery,
food market, market]
2: (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn:
grocery, foodstuff]
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haberdashery
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n 1: a store where men's clothes are sold [syn: clothing
store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store]
2: the drygoods sold by a haberdasher [syn: haberdashery,
men's furnishings]
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hatchery
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n 1: a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions
(especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a
trout hatchery"
-
honorary
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adj 1: given as an honor without the normal duties; "an honorary
degree"
-
horary
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adj 1: relating to the hours; "the horary cycle"
-
hosiery
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n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose]
-
illusory
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adj 1: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive
hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer
presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that
they can achieve foreign policy goals without the
bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of
democracy" [syn: illusive, illusory]
-
imagery
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n 1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn:
imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery]
-
incendiary
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adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
fire"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary,
incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing,
seditious]
3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn:
arsonist, incendiary, firebug]
2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective
against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary
bomb, incendiary, firebomb]
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injury
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n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm,
trauma]
2: an accident that results in physical damage or hurt [syn:
injury, accidental injury]
3: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
wound, injury, combat injury]
4: an act that causes someone or something to receive physical
damage
5: wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly
inflicted
-
intercalary
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adj 1: having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year
correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary
day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year"
-
itinerary
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n 1: an established line of travel or access [syn: path,
route, itinerary]
2: a guidebook for travelers [syn: travel guidebook,
itinerary]
3: a proposed route of travel [syn: travel plan, itinerary]
-
janissary
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n 1: a loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of
janissaries"
2: a Turkish soldier
-
judiciary
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n 1: persons who administer justice [syn: judiciary, bench]
2: the system of law courts that administer justice and
constitute the judicial branch of government [syn:
judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system]
-
jugglery
0
n 1: artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's
tax program was mere jugglery"
2: the performance of a juggler
-
kilocalorie
0
n 1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to
raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one
degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to
characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn:
Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large
calorie, nutritionist's calorie]
-
lamasery
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n 1: a monastery for lamas
-
lathery
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adj 1: resembling lather or covered with lather [syn: lathery,
sudsy]
-
leathery
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adj 1: resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
[syn: coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike,
leathery]
-
lechery
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n 1: unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
-
library
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n 1: a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the
library"
2: a collection of literary documents or records kept for
reference or borrowing
3: a depository built to contain books and other materials for
reading and study [syn: library, depository library]
4: (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines
that are stored and available for immediate use [syn:
library, program library, subroutine library]
5: a building that houses a collection of books and other
materials
-
lingerie
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n 1: women's underwear and nightclothes [syn: lingerie,
intimate apparel]
-
literary
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of literature;
"literary criticism"
2: knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
3: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or
writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an
affected literary style"
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luxury
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n 1: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively
expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity,
sumptuousness]
3: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury,
luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]
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maxillary
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adj 1: of or relating to the upper jaw
n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium [syn:
upper jaw, upper jawbone, maxilla, maxillary]
-
menagerie
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n 1: a collection of live animals for study or display
2: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
[syn: menagerie, zoo, zoological garden]
-
mercury
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n 1: a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic
element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary
temperatures [syn: mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum,
Hg, atomic number 80]
2: (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce;
counterpart of Greek Hermes
3: the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
4: temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury
was falling rapidly"
-
microsurgery
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n 1: surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized
precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on
very small structures
-
misery
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n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her
misery and grief"
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necessary
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adj 1: absolutely essential [ant: unnecessary, unneeded]
2: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary
consequences of one's actions"
n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities
of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers
to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a
place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be
obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement,
requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
nonessential]
-
neurosurgery
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n 1: any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or
spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
-
nursery
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n 1: a child's room for a baby [syn: nursery, baby's room]
2: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and
exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn:
greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
-
orangery
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n 1: a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange
trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
-
orrery
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n 1: planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the
relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar
system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by
wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock
-
ossuary
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n 1: any receptacle for the burial of human bones